Corrupt or Missing Config.sys
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From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard on 1 Apr 2010 19:31 > > > Or is it perhaps a case of having a DOS boot diskette or CD in a drive? > Perhaps it's a case of posting a bogus question on April Fools' Day.
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] on 1 Apr 2010 20:35 Yes, there was always that danger. unfortunately, by my timezone the message came in at 0249 on the 2nd, making the OP the fool. IF that is the case. Do we need to ignore all posts from 0000 NZ to 1200 Hawaii, 1 April? Personally, I think people should have better things to do with their time, possibly joking with friends. "Jonathan de Boyne Pollard" <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote in message news:IU.D20100401.T233120.P43808.Q0(a)J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost... > > >> >> Or is it perhaps a case of having a DOS boot diskette or CD in a drive? >> > Perhaps it's a case of posting a bogus question on April Fools' Day. >
From: JohnB on 5 Apr 2010 08:23 Not a april fool's day joke. I had to re-install windows. "Jonathan de Boyne Pollard" <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote in message news:IU.D20100401.T233120.P43808.Q0(a)J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost... > > >> >> Or is it perhaps a case of having a DOS boot diskette or CD in a drive? >> > Perhaps it's a case of posting a bogus question on April Fools' Day. >
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 5 Apr 2010 12:06 "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OpBwFrL1KHA.3652(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Not a april fool's day joke. > > I had to re-install windows. > > > "Jonathan de Boyne Pollard" <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> > wrote in message > news:IU.D20100401.T233120.P43808.Q0(a)J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost... >> > >>> >>> Or is it perhaps a case of having a DOS boot diskette or CD in a drive? >>> >> Perhaps it's a case of posting a bogus question on April Fools' Day. >> It is highly likely that you could have fixed the problem without re-installing Windows. Unfortunately you chose not to enter into a technical discussion that might have resulted in several helpful suggestions.
From: JohnB on 5 Apr 2010 15:29
This wasn't just a corrupt config.sys file. It was a drive that was failing. There were other system files damaged. It got to the point that the server would just reboot over and over... even in Recovery Console. So at that point I had no other but to re-install. "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:Oyud7nN1KHA.6108(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:OpBwFrL1KHA.3652(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Not a april fool's day joke. >> >> I had to re-install windows. >> >> >> "Jonathan de Boyne Pollard" <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> >> wrote in message >> news:IU.D20100401.T233120.P43808.Q0(a)J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost... >>> > >>>> >>>> Or is it perhaps a case of having a DOS boot diskette or CD in a drive? >>>> >>> Perhaps it's a case of posting a bogus question on April Fools' Day. >>> > > It is highly likely that you could have fixed the problem without > re-installing Windows. Unfortunately you chose not to enter into a > technical discussion that might have resulted in several helpful > suggestions. |